Wakulla Springs lodge

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

Each tile ships in a kraft box, tied with cream ribbon, with a handwritten note from the studio if you'd like to add one.

Three or five different vistas, hung together — a chapter of places you've been, or want to go.

The lodge was completed in 1937 by Edward Ball, a financier and trustee of the Alfred I. duPont estate, on a rise above the Wakulla headspring in Wakulla County, Florida. It has operated continuously since.

Twenty-seven guest rooms, all on two floors of the original 1937 building. Rooms keep their original furnishings and do not have televisions, which is treated as part of the historic-property experience.

Yes. Wakulla Springs Lodge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and sits inside the National Historic Landmark district that covers the headspring, the lodge, and the surrounding park grounds.

German artist Andrew Lockyear hand-painted the cypress ceiling beams in the lobby and dining room with Toltec- and Aztec-inspired figures during the lodge's construction in the mid-1930s. The paintings remain original.

A long marble counter in the gift-shop wing that has served fountain drinks, ice cream, and light food since the lodge opened in 1937. Old Joe, a famous resident alligator preserved in 1966, is displayed in a case nearby.

The State of Florida. The lodge and surrounding grounds were sold to the state in 1986 and are managed as part of Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park; lodging is run through a park concessionaire.

Yes. Lodge guests tend to return for anniversaries and family weekends, and the building reads as a personal landmark. A Small or Medium with a written studio note carries well as a stayover keepsake.

The cream stucco and Spanish-tile palette suits Mediterranean Revival, warm traditional, and Florida-historic interiors. It also reads well in a study with leather and dark wood, or against soft plaster walls in a sunroom.

Yes. The current return to warm-traditional and quietly historicist interiors lifts ochre, terracotta, and aged-stucco palettes; a Spanish-Revival lodge tile sits cleanly inside that direction.

Above a standard sofa we recommend a single Large, a 4-tile Mural for fuller coverage, or a 9-tile Mural when the wall is the room's centrepiece. Above a console table, the Medium typically reads cleanest.

Yes, in Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both are scratch-resistant and handle the humidity of a powder room, shower wall, or kitchen backsplash without trouble.

A dry microfibre cloth handles routine dust. For anything sticky, lightly dampen the microfibre with water and wipe. Avoid abrasive pads and harsh household cleaners, which can dull the surface over time.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is painted in-house in the studio's stained-glass and alcohol-ink visual language, then slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure. No licensing, no third-party art.